Peter Moruzzi

Chairperson

Regina O’Brien, 2009-2015

Milestones in the Community

Meeting Locations

Events

Millard Sheets – a Legacy of Art & Architecture

Self Driving tour of significant works by Millard Sheets in Claremont and Pomona.

Annual Holiday Party:

DWP Headquarters

Modern Master Awards:

Betty Davenport Ford
John Svenson
A. Sarmiento, AIA
Howard Troller

Tangents:

Claremont Modern Symposium and Exhibition

Curated by David Shearer on September 27, 2012 Produced in association with Claremont Heritage
www.claremontheritage.org

Chairperson

Adriene Biondo, 2005-2008

Alan Lieb, 2008-2009

Milestones in the Community

Dwell on Design Conference is launched. this conference later adds tours of Modern Homes to its offerings

Meeting Locations

Event

The ultimate Nichols wedding at historic Agua Caliente.

Advocacy

Lou Ehlers Cadillac

1955 car showroom designed by Stiles Clements Associates. One of the most significant automobile showrooms in the country. After a brief preservation effort, it was quickly demolished before advocacy could occur.
https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/lou-ehlers-cadillac-demolished

Tangents

MAK Architecture Tour

Tour produced in partnership with the Hammer Museum groundbreaking exhibition Between Earth and Heaven: The Architecture of John Lautner on view July 13-October 12, 2008 in Westwood, focused on the work of John Lautner. Included: Harpel Residence (1956), Tyler Residence (1953) Schwimmer Residence (1982) Jacobsen Residence (1947), Harvey Residence (1950) Reiner-Burchill Residence also known as Silvertop (1963) Sheats-Goldstein Residence (1963).

Shag: A-Z: A BLAB! Storybook

by Shag (Author), Monte Beauchamp (Editor) – March 5, 2008

Havana Before Castro: When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground Perfect

by Peter Moruzzi– August 1, 2008
https://www.amazon.com/Havana-Before-Castro-Tropical-Playground/dp/1423603672/ref=llvn-20

Frank Lloyd Wright the Buildings

by Alan Hess (Author), Alan Weintraub (Photographer), – October 21, 2008

1999

January 1, 1999 by Futura Girl

Chairperson

Chris Nichols, 1998-1999

Michael Palumbo, 1999-2001

Milestones in the Community

LottaLiving Online Community is born. Initiated by Mary-Margaret Stratton in order to widen the net of preservation to advocates beyond the Southern California area.
www.lottaliving.com/bb
Palm Springs Modern Committee – PS Modcom is founded in part by ModCom member Peter Moruzzi
www.psmodcom.org

Meeting Locations

Advocacy

Van De Kamps Windmill

Denny’s propses to demolish the giant Dutch windmill on top of the 1967 Route 66 (Huntington Drive in Arcadia) folded plate roof coffee shop designed by Pasadena architects Harold Bissner and Harold Zoo. Mary-Margaret and Cary Stratton don handmade paper windmill hats that garner much needed publicity at a rally. The building is preserved. The windmill actually starts to operate again in 2016 – the first time since 1989.
https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/dennys

Tangents:

Cruising the Pomona Valley 1930-1970 Tour

Ad hoc tour and booklet produced by Charles Phoenix that also included an in-depth tour of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds. Given on June 15, 1999
https://www.amazon.com/Cruising-Pomona-Valley-1930-thru/dp/0967292107/ref=llvn-20

Leis, Luaus, and Alohas: The Lure of Hawai’i in the Fifties (Island Treasures)

Book co-written by Fred E. Basten and Charles Phoenix published in July, 1999
https://www.amazon.com/Leis-Luaus-Alohas-Fifties-Treasures/dp/0896103978/ref=llvn-20

Fabulous Las Vegas in the ’50s: Glitz, Glamour and Games

Book of pure kitsch from Elvis to Liberace, Ann Margret to Sinatra and more, co-written by Fred E. Basten and Charles Phoenix published October 1, 1999
https://www.amazon.com/Fabulous-Las-Vegas-50s-Glamour/dp/188331805X/ref=llvn-20

Sins of the City: The Real Los Angeles Noir

The author, Jim Heimann, gives a lecture on the other sinful side of L.A. at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. The book is releases May 1, 1999
https://www.amazon.com/Sins-City-Real-Angeles-Noir/dp/0811823199/ref=llvn-20

2012

Chairperson

Milestones in the Community

Meeting Locations

Events

Millard Sheets – a Legacy of Art & Architecture

Annual Holiday Party:

Modern Master Awards:

Tangents:

Claremont Modern Symposium and Exhibition

Classic Dining: Discovering America’s Finest Mid-Century Restaurants

Supersonic Swingers: Around the World with the Art of Shag

Atomic Ranch Midcentury Interiors

Southern California Out & About

2008

Chairperson

Milestones in the Community

Meeting Locations

Event